In 2015, I met my friend Alex whilst interning for Channel 10. As young and keen media students, we flew to Melbourne for the weekend of the Logie Awards to help with the filming of the ‘Studio 10’ morning show.
Of course there is no way to get into the vibe of Melbourne without dressing like a pretentious hipster so the night before our flight we agreed to pack leopard print coats, man scarves and thigh high socks.
After landing, we headed to the famously graffitied alley ways of Melbourne in our hipster get ups. However we didn’t receive the reactions we were expecting! We thought the Melbourners would get the joke and see how over the top we were being. Instead, a random photographer approached us asking if he could photograph us. We’d never been in a photoshoot in our lives!
That afternoon the trail of compliments continued. We decided to up the anti and went back to our hotel to change into our next kale loving, vintage outfit of snobbery. However, as soon as we walked into an underground warehouse bar (known for housing the ultimate hipsters) we were bombarded with praise.
“Mahn, you’re wearing a red beret and you’re not French? That’s so alternative.”
I couldn’t tell if Melbournites genuinely liked our outfits or were just the nicest people on earth! In retrospect, it was probably the latter. We bumped into this one guy whilst waiting at a traffic light and after hearing that we were visiting from Sydney, he invited us out on a pub crawl with a bunch of his friends who were all insanely nice.
We went to an awesome club in a building that used to be a dentist’s office whilst sipping on craft ales all night and went on to eat organic acai bowls. We’d finally out-hipstered everyone!
…besides that one Melbourner I met who only drank coffees at cafes and didn’t know how to make instant coffee!?
-Jen.
December 7, 2017 at 10:41 am
This is hilarious! Loved you got to be in a photo shoot! I, too, have a red beret, and am not French…hmmm. I had no idea I could be so alternative. π
December 7, 2017 at 12:07 pm
Looks like a fun trip, and what a way to mark it with the outfits. Funny story to continue to tell for years to come!
December 7, 2017 at 11:57 pm
What a fun memory! I’ve never been to Australia, but all of the Aussies I’ve met while traveling have been really friendly.
December 8, 2017 at 1:08 am
Ah, this is what travel is all about… making memories and telling our stories. Outfits of snobbery – too funny. Thanks for sharing this fun experience.
December 8, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Melbourne is hipstery? I need to read more about it because I had no idea. And yes, pretentious outfits indeed, haha!
December 8, 2017 at 1:38 pm
Yeah Melbourne is very well known for snobby hipsters because their coffee is meant to be world famous and they have a massive craft ale scene haha!
December 8, 2017 at 2:05 pm
Seems like you had a lot of fun there, nice treat and awesome photos
December 8, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Seems like you had a lot of fun there, nice treat and awesome photos. Looking for more
December 8, 2017 at 5:11 pm
Hahhaha that red beret tease is hilarious. I have been dying to visit Australia for some time now so I’m definitely jealous that you got to visit Melbourne. Sounds like a great trip!
December 8, 2017 at 7:08 pm
I just moved to Melbourne and haven’t had a proper night out yet. What was the club you went to called?
December 8, 2017 at 8:49 pm
I honestly have no idea! It was one of those warehouse party ideas where they text you the address the day of the party and then everyone parties until the police shut it down hahah
December 8, 2017 at 10:28 pm
It seems that your choice of outfits went way better than you expected!! That photoshoot probably was the last thing you thought would have happened!! I keep reading about how nice people are in Melbourne. Your story confirms it! Take care!!
December 9, 2017 at 1:51 am
Sounds like y’all had so much fun! Oh to be young, wild and free! π
December 9, 2017 at 2:30 am
I have met so many people coming from Melbourne on my 7 month trip in Australia, but I have never been there. I keep it for my next time !
December 11, 2017 at 6:00 am
Haha so funny you two were asked to be models!!
December 15, 2017 at 12:40 pm
HAHA this is hilarious and a great social experiment. What a way to make new friends!
December 15, 2017 at 4:35 pm
Thatβs a good story – especially that they transformed a dentists office into a bar. I love sharing adventures on my blog, too π Just took a trip to the Bahamas.
December 15, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Sounds like an amazing encounter the pictures look fun and I loved the humor.
December 15, 2017 at 8:52 pm
It started out as fun and ended funny! Heard so much about Melbourne , but never did manage to go there although we were in Sydney for almost an year.
December 15, 2017 at 8:56 pm
I love this!!!! You were in a photo shoot! What a great time in Melbourne. It’s so eclectic.
December 16, 2017 at 9:35 pm
What a fun trip. You must have had a great time loved reading it
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